Ecclesiastes 5:10-16

¹⁰He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.

¹¹When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?

¹²The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.

¹³There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,

¹⁴or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.

¹⁵As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.

¹⁶This too is a grievous evil: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?

— Ecclesiastes 5:10-16

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Never Enough

Illustration of Ecclesiastes 5:10

Inspirational illustration of Ecclesiastes 5:10 -- Whoever loves money never has money enough; whoever loves wealth is never satisfied with his income. This too is meaningless.

Cross References for Ecclesiastes 5:10-16

• 1 Timothy 6:10
• Matthew 6:24
• Luke 12:15
• Matthew 6:19
• Ecclesiastes 4:8
• Ecclesiastes 2:26
• Psalm 49:17
• Job 1:21
• 1 Timothy 6:7
• Ecclesiastes 6:1-2

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